10 World Trade
McClure earned Second Place – Commercial in the 2026 CFSEI Design Excellence Awards for its work on 10 World Trade in Boston, Massachusetts. The 17-story mixed-use building includes more than 550,000 square feet of laboratory, office, and retail space in the city’s Seaport District.
McClure served as the cold-formed steel (CFS) specialty engineer, designing and coordinating complex non-bearing systems throughout the building. These included radiused ceiling framing supporting heavy wood panels, exterior canopy framing, façade systems, and detailed interior wall assemblies integrated across key architectural spaces.
The design featured extensive curved CFS systems that transition seamlessly between wall, ceiling, and soffit conditions, supporting the building’s unique geometry and architectural vision.
One of the project’s primary challenges was coordinating within highly congested ceiling plenum spaces, where MEP and fire protection systems left minimal tolerance for conflicts. To address this, McClure developed adaptable framing strategies using radiused studs, hangers, strongbacks, and standardized detailing approaches that allowed for flexibility and efficient installation.
Through detailed modeling and coordination, the team enabled prefabrication and preinstallation of key components, minimizing field conflicts and improving constructability across complex building systems.
10 World Trade highlights McClure’s expertise in advanced cold-formed steel design, delivering precise, coordinated systems that bring complex architectural forms to life.
About McClure
Founded in 1956, McClure has grown into a firm of more than 285 professionals across eighteen offices. McClure is driven to make lives better by turning clients’ visions into reality. The team thinks like owners, contractors, developers, leaders, and stakeholders, adding value at every stage, from securing funding to building public support. McClure’s expertise spans aviation, site development, transportation, water, wastewater, structural, survey, real estate, construction, and more.